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Most of my hiking has been on wilderness trails. And while I’m quite happy to keep doing that, I wanted to add some variety, and do a hike that was a bit more cultural. This led me to the Tasmanian Trail, which is very much not a wilderness trail. Rather, it’s a walk (or cycle, or horseback ride) through the center of Tasmania, along backcountry roads and through a dozen or two towns and communities of various sizes.
Given that a substantial portion of the Tasmanian Trail is on backcountry roads, I wasn’t expecting a lot from it, and I initially set my expectations low. Rather, I was viewing the trail as a convenient way to go somewhere relatively few other hikers do. (Especially considering some of the trail is on private land that can only be accessed with permission.) But, the trail turned out to be more interesting than I expected, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Read on to learn more about why that was.
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Previously, On the Trail…
Leaving the farmlands of the north, we climbed Tasmania’s Central Plateau, camping near Yingina / Great Lake, the highest and one of the largest lakes in Tasmania.
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Other Recent Posts
Our last day on the Tasmanian Trail brought us to its southern terminus in Dover.
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Our penultimate day on the Tasmanian Trail gave us another round of excellent scenery as we made our way to Geeveston, and then a little beyond.
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A dreary, occasionally rainy day brought us over a mountain to Judbury, a small town on the Huon River.
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A short, lazy day, we made our way south from New Norfolk to a campsite generously provided to us by the Tasmanian Trail’s Derwent Valley Coordinator.
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